Weather Alert – Flood Activity Update Friday 6 January 2023
Please be advised of the Flood Activity Update for Friday 6 January 2023:
Weather
- Light showers during the day will fade with more heavy cloud building into this evening which will bring moderate to heavy rain from around midnight to dawn.
- Expect 10-20mm locally with c. 20-30mm across the upper Severn catchments.
- Saturday will see windy conditions with c. 5-10mm of rainfall.
- Sunday similar with sunny, blustery showers.
- Monday should be quite dry with more rainfall due throughout the rest of the week.
- There are no weather warnings at present across the WM region.
River Levels / Barriers
- From the above expect flood warnings on the Severn as indicated yesterday.
- Peak on Severn at Bewdley expected Saturday PM of 3.3- 3.8m.
- Precautionary already being taken for Bewdley Barriers.
- Severnside Phase One – In place.
- Severnside Phase Two – Posts erected and in place.
- Beales Corner – A watching brief with resources maintained pending mobilisation.